Kennyswagz1:
those ones don use to yoruba already.. I mean the ones for bayelsa

Sanchez01:

Same thing. Ijaws either along coastlines or on rivers. Interestingly, you tend to have petroleum pipes along coastlines and they tend to take advantage of this. Prior to illegal oil bunkering in the South West, it was a regular in the Niger Delta, and since Ijaws migrate more than other ethnic groups of the Niger Delta, the practice migrated with them as a secondary means of survival, besides fishing. From riverine areas in Lagos, particularly along Mile 12 to Ikorodu and Ese Odo in Ondo State, to Delta, etc... It's the same. Some so-called oil spill and not the works of oil companies. A reasonable amount of them is caused by illegal oil bunkers.

As far back as 1991, in Mile 12, we would see fishes in rivers floating belly up and struggling and this is after the Ijaw dudes in the area had returned from their illegal bunkering activities.

YolobaMuslim:

Why are you mentioning Igbo into this?
Wetin concern Igbo with Ijaw?
Seems like you are high on your usual ogogoro.

Datazone:

You're an Ijaw guy that's why. The poster said Ijaw is the 4th largest and the richest black tribe in Nigeria and on Earth respectively yet you see nothing wrong with it. You see nothing wrong in lies and misguided statements yet you had the temerity to quote me citing hate speeches. Kontinuu!

Kuginzi:
Give us Biafra

ochukoccna:
How come this made front page?
Am still yet to get it.
Truly Nairaland is on life support.
So sad.

Sanchez01:

Ilajes are not Ijaws, not even close. I spent my formative years among these two ethnic groups and there's no way you'd tell me this. Till date, I still understand the Ilaje dialect which is a huge variation of the Yoruba language. I don't speak the Ijaw language and don't understand it either but I know for a fact that there is a HUGE gap in intonations and the languages. Again, Ilajes are not Ijaws and they don't speak the same language.

Although there are Ijaws in Ondo State such as the Ijaw Apoi tribe (where Sowore is from) and they are not the same as Ilajes who are a sub-ethnic group of the larger Yoruba ethnic group. As close as the Isokos and Urhobos are, there is a variation in our language, let alone that of the Ijaws and Ilajes.

MyVILLAGEpeople:


So it's now ijaw people dat is holding ur Biafra

Datazone:


You're a big mumu. You don't know the history of your country Nigeria and your people. The Portuguese explorers were the first to explore Nigeria before Britain. Use Google to clarify, Binis and Itsekiris were they first to make contact with white men. Oba Esigie from Benin is the first to speak English and, Olu Antonio Dom Domingos (an Itsekiri king) is the first graduate king in West Africa (in 1642). If you had attended any university in Nigeria, you must have been taught in your general studies done in 100L.


Another stupid post that shows Ijaws in Rivers and their counterpart in Bayelsa and Delta reason like goats was when you affirmed that Ijaws are the fourth largest. Until Jonathan, most Nigerians haven't even heard a tribe called Ijaw exist. Ibibio and Tivs are more than the Ijaws. Urhobos dominate Ijaws in all spheres of human endeavours yet they don't disturb us about being the fourth largest.

MyVILLAGEpeople:


wooow

So Sowore is Ijaw Apoi??

like seriously??

Psalm4kute:

What if I'm an ijaw or not?? Why are you bothered because the OP stated ijaws are the 4th largest tribe?? Is this giving you sleepless night?? What is yet to be confirmed by the federal government??

If I were you I'd politely dispute that statement... instead of trying to turn this thread into an ijaw hate thread

MyVILLAGEpeople:


Aunty is your post so full with insults??

Y don't u check it out on Google.

Sanchez01:

There is misconception about Sowore being Yoruba just because he is from Ondo State. It's so wrong. The Ijaw Apoi tribe is an interesting one as they are said to have traveled first to Ilé Ifè before getting to Ondo.

UniportAgbero:



Pls Rivers State ijaws are very educated. We had the earliest contact with the Europeans in Nigeria. Most of the earliest primary and secondary schools were located in ijaw lands. You can Google Okrika, Kalabari, Bonny, Nembe, and Opobo. And yes ijaw is the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria.

midnighter:


Are you sure he didnt purposely leave it ambiguous in order to avoid associations with Jonathan?

Politically, its safer for him to resemble Yoruba

Datazone:

There's nothing to check on Google. I know this before I turned 11. It is you who need to check what I said to ascertain the authenticity.

MyVILLAGEpeople:


Atleast it's on Google. Can u now show me ur own source aunty.

ijawgirl:


yup - - very well~

technicallyrich:

kalabiri are ijaws.

MyVILLAGEpeople:


wooow

So Sowore is Ijaw Apoi??

like seriously??

EmptyCoconutHead:
Sowore is from the ijaw speaking part of Ondo state.
you thought he was Yoruba?

midnighter:
The truth is that until people stop manipulating census figures, we wont know who is how much in Nigeria.

The other factor is ethnic cohesion.

Do we count Ibibios and Efiks together?

Do Kalabari, Okrika and Izon see themselves as part of the main Ijaw collective?

Are Urhobo and Isoko interchangeable terms?

Most of those Niger Delta groups are too disparate to make a sizeable collective political impact.

As for me I was under the impression that the Ibibios were the 4th largest group in Nigeria...I stand to be corrected...

MyVILLAGEpeople:


Just knowing dat now.
I never knew he was Ijaw Apoi

EmptyCoconutHead:
4th largest group if u combine them with Efiks, Annangs and Oron to form AkwaCross.

EmptyCoconutHead:
maybe that's why the Yoruba nation are so reluctant to take up his case Sha cos they feel it's not one of them so it's more of an ijaw fight to propagate for the release of their son

midnighter:

[s]
This comment proves that you are a total bloody idiot.

Youre in the other thread about women not being able to offer anything other than sex insulting women up and down

Now youve seen me engaging in a discussion the first thing you can do is to try to banish me to the romance section, nton mkpo, ebuk, onye nzuzu hypocrite[/s]

Sanchez01:

Sowore has never been political. Plus the Ijaws understand the variations within them perfectly. South-Western Ijaws found in Ese Odo LG in Ondo State today, though Niger Deltan, don't necessarily see themselves as brothers with those in the South South. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they hate themselves. They are more clannish than the Igbos. Those in the South South see those in the South West as mixed blood, which is where the 'full born' gist of the OP emanated from.

Those in Edo don't necessarily see themselves as kindred with those in Delta, Rivers and even Bayelsa. Everyone faces their business and only see those around them.

Recall Dickson recently referred to a certain LG in Bayelsa as not being real Ijaws and they very well protested by voting against his candidate. That gives you an idea of the clannish nature of the Ijaw man.

In the case of Sowore and Jonathan, it was more of activism and angst than political.